Teachers prepare for new standards

Training for Common Core math under way

11:26 PM,
Jun. 18, 2013

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As an educator, Lisa Bogle appreciates that Common Core State Standards for math allow students to use more than one way to arrive at an answer.

"The focus and emphasis on math practices is what I really like about Common Core. When I was in school and we were learning something new, the teachers said, 'this is how you do it,'" said Bogle, who serves as Rutherford County Schools' elementary education coordinator.

She was among 500 midstate educators who signed up to attend a conference presented by the state Department of Education at Blackman High this week. The math conference is two days long ...